Protection From Identity Theft

Here are a few horrifying stats about Identity Theft:

• * Every 2 Seconds Someone Falls Victim To Identity Theft
• * In 2006, 15 Million People Were Affected By Identity Theft Crimes
• * If You Are A Victim of Identity Theft, YOU Are Held Personally Accountable To Pay Back All Debts

How sure are you that you have not already become a victim of Identity Theft? Many times the criminals have a 3 month head start on you and usually by the time you find out, it is too late.

I have been affected by identity theft, not once, but twice over the last 5 years. It is not a fun process to go through, signing affidavit after affidavit trying to clear my name. To this day, I still wonder if I will be struck again. You live with identity theft for a long time after you find out about it.

There are many things you can do to keep the crooks away, including shredding documents, protecting important papers and valuables in safety deposit boxes and safes, being smart and deleting any questionable emails you receive.

Sometime however, it is not enough. Criminals have so many ways to get to your information these days, it is near impossible to be completely protected. Protection from identity theft is possible however through the services of Lifelock. If you have not seen their commercial, check it out on my Squidoo page. They are so confident of their services that their CEO publicly broadcast his Social Security Number all over the city! See it here: http://www.squidoo.com/protectionidentitytheft